He very well may Bunny. From your lips to God’s ears, aye?
I see Hank thirstily wandering through Zee Bulls desert.
Perhaps this may be a way out for him & he’ll find himself in the land of milk & honey, in the “Vatican of SA Rugby”….Cheetah Field.

The real draw would be to study under the Picasso of modern offensive rugby – Messerschmitt-Willie LeRoux.

Contrast that with the current “Paint by Numbers” approach of Zee Bulls & it will be an easy decision for Hank to make, should it unfold from the unfortune of losing The Goose.

Brendon how in the hell is it Heyneke’s fault. Wait I repeat how in any way is it Heyneke’s fault? Is he Goosens coach at Superrugby level? No, so how could he nurture him? He had Goosen coming along on bok tours as understudy to Steyn and Lambie and then everyone complained about the fact that Heyneke didnt play Goosen. Now it is somehow his fault because he didnt nurture a player at Bok level?

Wow I have now seen everything and somehow I begin to understand Dawie’s rants better now cos I had to seriously delete and retype to keep it civil.

Dude, he has clearly decided to look overseas, nobody forced him. In fact, I think he has been given a hell of a lot more favours than other guys at National level without having been ‘nurtured’ through the ranks.

Meyer fast tracked an injured and very young undercooked Goosen into the Bok team in much the same way Chillieboy was rushed early in his career. Dont tell me Meyer had no say in Naka always picking Goosen and at 10.

So many of our provinces treat players like crap. France may not be the best example – but soon players will not only leave for Japan/England etc for the money, but also because their careers are better managed over there.

All is good Morne if he has been brought through those youth structures, but the kid is what, 21?

Why is a final judgement necessary on whether he is good or not yet?

And why the animosity towards a player for not making it?

If SA had less players we certainly would not treat the ones we have like this. Thats my point.

We cannot sustain 6 Super franchises despite having loads of talent, because we do not properly plan or develop players – always too happy to give the next big shot out of school a chance to be a hero, and if he is not – we go onto the next one.

In NZ they would have played him 12 at a lower level to make him strong.

Juts find it funny that Morne Steyns development model is not emulated far more often. When the time came that kid was primed in every way for the role. Not many other players are afforded that kind of privilege.

..which makes it even more odd that Meyer felt it OK to rush Goosen in the first place.

Maybe Naka believes in him. I just find it funny how we are allways so quick to blame the Bok coach for everything. Even in Pieter de Villiers’ time. We allways say the player needs to perform in that position in superrugby before he can be picked by the Bok coach. So now Goosen get given an extended run to try and regain form, now we complain again. No way I can understand that. Never will.

I’ve never heard of him or saw him play until his 1st SR match a year or so ago.

His physical talents were clear to me within minutes.
He is tall and fast, has a good pass and his kicking mechanics seems almost perfect. The motion is effortless, but the ball travels far and straight.

No other SA 10 comes even close to matching all those attributes. Whether they translate into a successful career is a different matter. He needs good coaching and he needs use rely less on brawn and more on brain.

If he leaves we will lose much. I agree with Shieldsie, we are too eager to discard a player for the next wunderkind. Let the next generation be understudies to Matfield and Burger and Steyn and Steyn and de Villiers for a few years more.

When you get to top flight rugby, Super Rugby and Springboks, there are only two things that really matter – your conditioning (which goes hand in hand with your professionalism as a rugby player) and what happens in the top two inches of your frame.

I am all for investing in real talent and no one doubts Goosen is a great talent, but I am also of the opinion that if a player wants to go, then he must go.

We can only speculate around the circumstances and thinking behind this from the guy, and to ease the tension around such a move at least he is capped so he won’t run out for another country, but if he wants to go, he must go.

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